HILDA P. BEST

BILLY GENE CROOM

Nov. 16, 1956-April 12, 2008 WALSTONBURG -- Billy Gene Croom, lovingly known by his family and friends as "Sugar Lump," of 2421 Walston Road, died on Saturday at his residence. Billy was born to the late Alonza Croom Sr. and...

WILLIAM DIXON SR.

Died April 10, 2008 KINSTON -- William Dixon Sr., 81, 1308 Queens Road, died Thursday at Lenoir Memorial Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Bertha Dixon of the home, three children and two step-children. Funeral will be 1 p.m....

KENNETH R. HAMILTON

LILLIE T. HILLIARD

Died April 11, 2008 Lillie Mae Taylor Hilliard, formerly of the Best Grove Community, died Friday. She was the sister of Mary Anna Britt, Nora T. Grantham and Luvenia T. Dockery. Funeral will be held Wednesday in Richmond, Va. Condolences...

JAMES R. HUNTER

META MEWBORN JOYNER

Died April 8, 2008 LAGRANGE -- Meta Mewborn Joyner, 90, of LaGrange and Memphis, Tenn., since March 2006, died Tuesday at the Memphis Jewish Home. Mrs. Joyner was an educator in Lenoir County, N.C., a member of St. Mary's F.W.B....

SALLY JANE PEARSALL

JUANITA ROWE

LAGRANGE -- Juanita Rowe Jones, 77, of 322 LaGrange Road, died Thursday at the Brian Center in Goldsboro. Five children survive. Services will be noon Wednesday at Thompson Chapel F.W.B. Church with Elder Ronald Parks officiating. Burial will be at...

BOBBY L. SHERARD

FRANCES E. STAFFORD

Died April 13, 2008 STAFFORD, Va. -- Frances Elizabeth Stafford, 80, passed away on Sunday at Greenfield Assisted Living. She was the loving wife of David E. Stafford for 59 years. Frances was a devout Catholic, totally immersed in her...

JOYCE S. STRETZ

May 14, 1933-April 11, 2008 Joyce Scott Stretz, 204 Shadywood Drive, died Friday in Pitt County Memorial Hospital. She was born to Vonda McMillan and Franklin Scott in Lawton, Okla. She is survived by her husband, and three children. Funeral...

IRENE N. THORNE

June 30, 1938-April 14, 2008 LAGRANGE -- Irene Newsome Thorne, 69, of 1584 New Hope Road, died Monday. Mrs. Thorne was born in Wayne County to the late Giles and Julia Garris Newsome. She was preceded in death by a...